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Georgetown Humanities Partners with University of Maryland’s Antiracism: Communities + Collaborations for Booksellers & Community Activism Event
On December 1, in partnership with the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies at the University of Maryland, Georgetown Humanities hosted a panel featuring Ramunda Lark…
December 4, 2021
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Humanities “Faculty Work in Progress” Series Launches
Through this initiative, Georgetown Humanities has created an intellectual space in which humanities faculty can share their current research activities and engage in a dialogue…
November 23, 2021
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A Reflection on the Course “Race, Representation, and Renaissance”
Meet Professor Amani Morrison The Humanities: Arts, Literature, and Culture (HALC) Core requirement introduces students to the methods of the cultural humanities and arts.…
November 9, 2021
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Humanities Round Tables: “From Poetry to the Private Sector – Humanities Alumni in Data Careers”
What has the study of literature and the arts to do with the business of numbers? How can a degree in the humanities prepare you for careers in data analysis? On October 28, as…
October 30, 2021
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Webinar Explores the Value of Humanities Backgrounds in Careers
One common way that humanities programs make the case for their importance is by pointing to the work they do to equip students with key skills, such as critical thinking,…
October 26, 2021
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The Good Life at the End of Life
On September 20, Prof. Paul Heck (Theology Department) organized and moderated a discussion on medical and spiritual views on the meaning of the good life during the last stages…
September 25, 2021
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- Student Stories
A Fascination with Images
Madalyn Shaw (C’22) Madalyn is majoring in Art History Major and minoring in Studio Art and Global Medieval Studies. My history with the humanities has never been fixed to one…
September 22, 2021
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Meet the 2021–22 HALC Fellows
The HALC Students Fellows Program is part of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative. Our collective goal is to understand and to enhance the potential of the Humanities: Arts,…
September 22, 2021
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- Student Stories
A Love of the Arts
From the moment I was born, I fell in love with music by humming myself to sleep. In elementary school, I developed a love for the stage through.…
September 22, 2021
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- Student Stories
Humanities as a Means to Learn How to Live in the World
Gene Kim (C’23) Gene is majoring in Theology (with a concentration in Ethics) and minoring in Korean. As a Theology major, I have a particular interest in life and death which,…
September 22, 2021